By the way, who is your mentor? If there isn't any, you can call me your

mentor or master. I wouldn't mind if you address me that way. Also, as

your dedicated teacher, I can assist you even more.

Here is another piece of information that I won't charge you for. I will

teach you how to walk through the Heavy Gas area by managing your

own body strength and vital energy force against it. If you do as I say,

your skin will never experience that fate of cracking again

Listen well, lad. First, you should rely totally on your body strength as it

wears down more slowly than vital energy. Remember to take your time

and move as steadily as possible. This way, you save a lot of vital

energy for later use.

Only when your body strength drains that you should release your vital

energy, bit by bit, little by little. Or you can perform your vital energy

which is skilled to resist the Heavy Gas. This is how you are going to

handle the sensitive gas we were talking about.

If you are wondering about the mechanism behind the tricks, here is my

very own perception on it. You see, the Heavy Gas is energy consuming

so if you release your vital energy when you set foot in the area, your

vital energy will soon be emptied out completely. In this case, you will

have to rely totally on your body through the rest of the journey which

is not ideal. It isn't safe, is it? Or if your body is not strong enough, then

boom, here it goes. Do you understand?

These are all my thoughts and personal experience. Remember, go

slowly and steady. And always rely on body strength first to preserve

your vital energy.”

The man shared his expertise as if Austin was his cherished student. But

with God as his witness, Austin did nothing but contributed a little

flattery to this so-called mentor. His sudden earnest teachings made

Austin feel mixed emotions of overwhelming embarrassment and

cautiousness.

“Such a candid and outspoken man. I wonder how he would survive the

maliciousness and danger out there, ' thought Austin, quite amused of

this new personality he just met.

At this moment where everything seemed so uncertain, numerous

warriors had gathered around this generous middle-aged man to listen

to his stories. They were trying to keep up with his path in the Heavy

Gas, listening carefully and taking notes as they progressed. It was

almost like a lecture where people should keep up with the overflowing

knowledge presented to them. Maybe this was how this man survived,

by being as passionate and sincere in sharing what he believed to be

for everyone.

Upon hearing his advice, a lot of warriors withdrew their vital energy

and focused on their body strength instead. Believing they would

survive if they would do what they were told, they were more confident

that they could get through the perilous and mysterious Heavy Gas.

The man's ability to turn a life-and-death competition into a selfless

propagation of knowledge was beyond Austin's comprehension. But

since everyone was eager to follow the instructions freely given to

them, Austin felt that it was not as important for him to stay in this

newly-formed cult.

lll thought in human mind was more dangerous than the unusual

Heavy Gas.

"Thank you for your selfless advice. I'm glad to have met you.

However, it's time to say goodbye. I'm sorry I can't call you my mentor

in spite your help because I refuse to follow your advice to go slowly,”

said Austin plainly.

Then in front of the man who displayed shock on his eyes after such a

thankless experience, Austin hurried in footsteps.

He released four million pounds of his body strength even if he knew

there might be consequences.

Suddenly, his body was like a self-inflating boat from which the pin was

yanked. The pressure of the inflated muscles made the Heavy Gas

surrounding him vanish into thin air. His body eventually returned to its

normal size in a blink of an eye as the four million tons of body

strength remained. Then, the pressure of Heavy Gas was nowhere to be

found or felt.

"I like it when I stretch a bit," said Austin cheerfully as if showing off.

Then he really started to do some warm-up exercises, from a few light

punches and body rotations. After rotating his neck, arms, torso, and

finally his legs, Austin took a deep breath and forged into the lead.

Tackling Heavy Gas was like lifting the heaviest of all weights because it

was really all about strength. If one's body was truly strong enough, like

the quality steel used to make submarines, then he could take a stroll in

Heavy Gas just as how a submarine would roam among sea water fish

swimming as deep as the deepest trench.

Moreover, Austin was the king of body strength.

Heavy Gas was quite a serious problem to the other warriors who

weren't as skilled as him, but for Austin, who had as much as four

million pounds of body strength, it was just a piece of cake. That was

how strong Austin had become through time.

Moments ago, he was just being prudent in front of the mysterious gas.

Now, since he had known quite a lot about it, there was no need to

hide his preserved strength any longer.

So he proceeded in sending his farewell as he embarked on his final

sprint. Austin had taken everyone by surprise.

Austin displayed his bodily movement skill and sped past the other

warriors. As he saw Austin gallop off on his feet, the middle-aged

verbose man who still felt proud he was able to help that many young

lads was shocked. He had never met anyone who could move as

confidently fast as that in the Heavy Gas.

Austin surged forward fearlessly and braver than ever before.

The Heavy Gas sparkled when Austin's body touched the air. Every

warrior was attracted by the sparks flying off in all directions. The slow-

moving men who could not do anything but watch were all at a loss for

words.

The crowd became silent. The spark sounds stood out in the awkward

quietness like a proud general who sang his victorious songs in front of

his defeated enemies.

As soon as Austin took off, his footsteps sounded like music breaking

the silence even attracted the attention of thousands of busy warriors

at the periphery.

Suddenly, all eyes were fixed on him.

Nearly all warriors were completely stunned by his agility and strength.

It was indeed a big question as to how strong this man's body was.

Some of the overwhelmed warriors were more experienced and

knowledgeable than the others. A portion of them even had been to

their sect's Heavy Gas training room. In spite this edge, none of them

were capable of running in such high speed demonstrated by Austin.

Where did that man come from? How did he train? Questions kept

coming, one after the other.

"What the hell? Hey buddy, did you see a man running? Am I muddle-

headed or bleary-eyed?" A man asked his seat-mate anxiously.

"There really is a running man. Your eyesight is definitely fine but I'm

not quite sure if anything's wrong with your head,” answered the

second man harshly.

"Hey! Mind yourself! Do you want a fight?" hollered the first man at its

utmost volume as he was trying to make sense of what had happened.

But Austin couldn't hear them because he was already deep into the

Heavy Gas. A lot of people were convinced that their vision had blurred

when Austin disappeared from view.